A Comparative Study on the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Recycling Policies of the European Union and the Republic of Korea

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chan Hee Lee ◽  
Wookeun Bae
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Electronic Equipment ◽  
Republic Of Korea ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Weee Recycling ◽  
The Republic

scholarly journals Environmental Assessment of Recycling (EAoR) for Safe Recycling of Steelmaking Slag in the Republic of Korea: Applications, Leaching Test, and Toxicity

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 8805
Author(s):  
Min-Yong Lee ◽  
Jang-Hyun Kang ◽  
Dong-Gun Hwang ◽  
Young-Sam Yoon ◽  
Myung-Soo Yoo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
European Union ◽  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Steel Slag ◽  
The United States ◽  
Republic Of Korea ◽  
Toxicity Tests ◽  
Steelmaking Slag ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Republic

Steel slag is a major waste product of the steelmaking process. Owing to its chemical composition, it can be reused as a raw material in steel mills and a substitute for aggregates in engineering. In 2016, the Republic of Korea (ROK) introduced the Environmental Assessment of Recycling (EAoR) system for the safe recycling of waste products, which divides recycling methods into either matrix contact or non-matrix contact types; numerous challenges have been raised regarding weaknesses in the matrix contact type. Consequently, the standards for matrix contact recycling of slag (inorganic waste) have become stricter, and the recycling applications have also become more diverse. This study investigates the treatment, recycling, and management of steel slag in the ROK. In 2019, the annual generation of slag in the ROK exceeded 23.03 million tons with a recycling rate of 98.3%, showing a high level of recycling, compared with that of the United States (81.3%), the European Union (87%), Australia (100%), and Japan (98.4%). However, a comparative analysis of overseas slag recycling systems and recycling standards found that the recycling applications and recycling standards of slag in the ROK were somewhat stricter than those in the European Union and the United States. Furthermore, an investigation comparing the applications of recycled slag in different countries showed that the ROK could expand its applications of recycled slag. The limitation of the EAoR system was that the excluding products, environmentally certified from Korean Standards in the EAoR regulations, might be attributing to environmental pollution. The leaching and toxicity tests for recycling application of steelmaking slag were evaluated and showed no significant negative effects. Lastly, there is an urgent need for environmental standards relating to slag that can be recycled as a product, and the recycling and environmental label certification for products should also be amended. In addition, the applications of steelmaking slag were necessary to partially extend according to the hazardous characteristics.

Legal conflict between the EU and the republic of Poland regarding polish judicial reform

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Yakovyuk ◽  
Suzanna Asiryan ◽  
Anastasiya Lazurenko
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Judicial Reform ◽  
Eu Law ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
Legal Nature ◽  
Constitutional Tribunal ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Eu

Problem setting. On October 7, 2021, the Constitutional Tribunal of the Republic of Poland ruled in favor of Polish law over European Union law, which in the long run may violate the principles according to which the Union operates and the rights enjoyed by citizens of the state. Such a precedent can further serve as a basis for identical decisions of the bodies of constitutional jurisdiction of those states that have problems in fulfilling their obligations in the European community. Analysis of recent researches and publications. The problems of the functioning of the bodies of the European Union, the implementation of their decisions and the general status in EU law are widely studied in national science. In particular, many scholars have studied the legal nature of the EU, including: TM Anakina, VI Muravyov, NM Ushakov, A. Ya. Kapustina, NA Korolyova, Yu. Yumashev, BN Topornin, OYa Tragniuk, SS Seliverstov, IV Yakovyuk and others. Target of research is to establish the foundations of EU law in the functioning of Union bodies, especially the Court, as well as to determine the hierarchy of national law and EU law. Article’s main body. Over the years, the Court has, within its jurisdiction, issued a large number of judgments which have become the source of the Union’s Constituent Treaties and of EU law in general. Over the last two decades, the powers of the Court of Justice have changed significantly. In particular, this is due to the adoption of the Lisbon Treaty, which amended the EU’s founding treaties on the powers of the Court, then the reform of the European Court took place in 2015-2016, which concerned a change in the organizational structure of the Court. Despite the generally well-established case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union on the unification of the observance by the Member States of the basic principles of the European Union, the Constitutional Tribunal of the Republic of Poland adopted a decision on 7 October. Conclusions and prospects for the development. Following the decision of the Constitutional Court, the Polish authorities found themselves in a situation that significantly complicated its internal and external situation. The way out of which requires answers to fundamental questions about the legal nature of the EU. Undoubtedly, this is an issue not only between Poland and the EU, but also between other member states.

Prospects for European Integration of the Republic of Moldova and the Constitutional Component

2021 ◽  
pp. 84-89
Author(s):  
K. Gylka
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
European Economic Community ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Minority Languages ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Economic Community ◽  
European Continent ◽  
European Economic ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
The Republic

The European Union (EU) is an economic and political union of 28 European countries. The population is 508 million people, 24 official and working languages and about 150 regional and minority languages. The origins of the European Union come from the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and the European Economic Community (EEC), consisting of six states in 1951 - Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. These countries came together to put an end to the wars that devastated the European continent, and they agreed to share control over the natural resources needed for war (coal and steel). The founding members of ECSC have determined that this European project will not only be developed in order to share resources or to prevent various conflicts in the region. Thus, the Rome Treaty of 1957 created the European Economic Community (EEC), which strengthened the political and economic relations between the six founding states. The relevance of the topic stems from their desire of peoples and countries to live better. The purpose of the study is to identify the internal and external development mechanisms of European countries and, on this basis, to formulate a model of economic, legislative and social development for individual countries. The results of the study provide a practical guideline for determining the vector of the direction of efforts of political, economic, legislative, humanitarian, etc.

scholarly journals The exports from the western Balkans countries to the EU: The main problems and recommendations

2006 ◽  
Vol 51 (168) ◽  
pp. 49-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Besim Culahovic
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Market Access ◽  
Supply Side ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Western Balkans ◽  
Serbia And Montenegro ◽  
Integration Strategy ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Trade Measures ◽  
The Eu

The European Union (EU) trade policy towards Western Balkan's countries (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro and the Republic of Macedonia) is one of the important tools of EU's integration strategy. The exports from the Western Balkan?s countries to the European Union(15) are preferred within special autonomous trade measures for the Western Balkan?s countries which were introduced by the EU in September 2000 (the 2000TM). The 2000TM are a far-ranging set of preferences which provide the Western Balkan?s countries with unparalleled market access to the EU, and hence with the potential both to develop the existing exports and to generate new exports. However, the Western Balkan?s countries exports to the EU are far below the level which could reasonably be expected. In all Western Balkan?s countries a number of supply-side and domestic policy reasons are identified for this under-performance, which suggests that the 2000TM are likely in part to rectify the situation. The economic regeneration of the Western Balkan?s countries will depend on the success of internal economic reform and on the adoption of economic and trade policies which specifically identify and address some serious supply-side constraints.

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